To enhance the public’s counter-terrorism (CT) awareness, the Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Unit (ICTU) held the first “CT@Community Activity Day” at the Fire and Ambulance Services Academy on August 18. About 120 members from the youth or community engagement programmes associated with the six member departments of ICTU attended the event.

The participants strengthened their CT awareness through games, exhibitions and “Guided Emergency Response Demonstration” drills. The drills allowed the participants to apply the “Run, Hide, Report” response guideline and the “Three Basic Skills on Emergency Preparedness” in the event of a terrorist attack. During the event, ICTU also promoted its “Spot and Report” public education campaign to educate the public on how to identify suspicious circumstances and encourage them to report suspected terrorism-related information. ICTU will continue to organise different community engagement activities to enhance the public’s CT awareness and emergency response.

Please visit the following link to view the highlights of the event：（https://youtu.be/osTN3-W9zJk）.

Police officers subdue a simulated terrorist during the “Guided Emergency Response Demonstration” drill.

Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Unit sets up a game booth to promote the “Run, Hide, Report” response guideline to participants.

Participants learn how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation under the guidance of a Fire Services Department officer.